In my very first job at Eastman Kodak Company, we formed a softball team and played in a New York City summer corporate league in the early 1980s. It was a blast!
Life seemed much simpler and less worrisome back then.
I would wake up in the morning and not immediately know what time it was. I knew it was a new day, but would not be certain if would turn out good or bad, seem long or short, feel slow or fast. I just had faith that it would be a day full of life.
There was no technology to rule my days…just life.
There were no apps to track my sleep patterns…no wrist watches to track the number of steps I took…no digital photos or videos to aimlessly scroll through…no messages to distract my pleasure reading on the commute into the office…no topics to google…no texts to stress about…and certainly, no features-rich phone in my hand or computer on my desk feeding me endless messages, troubling news, and unnecessary distractions.
I simply thought a lot about the day ahead and wondered what may come my way. I would easily get lost in these simpler thoughts, but I was invested in the day. I was fully engaged in what was to come. I was excited about the opportunities I would get, and the people I would meet.
I fondly remember those days and simpler times. I’m not saying everything was better then. Looking back, though, it seems as if life was less blurry and less worrisome. Not all days were beautiful and perfect, but a lot of them felt lighter. Lately, that is what I long for. Not the experience or the people or the memory. The feeling.
I want that lightness back. That lightness is one of the most perfect feelings I know.
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